Live 4 Question and Answer Thread---We ask...Ableton Answers

Vercengetorex · Post by **Vercengetorex** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:04 am

In regards to all the questions and specualtion about Altivec optimization your answers are all in this thread, authored by Live's lead developer:

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8283

Please READ CAREFULLY, the hard facts are in there...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:18 am

Well, as it seems altivec is not - as a G3 owner I am not to sad about it. Altivec should be more appropriate for the effects - reverb - than for the engine itself.

>>If I'm not mistaken, Altivec is only for the G4 chip, and would not help so much for >>G5s. If they did skip Altivec optimisation, that may be the reason.

I hope you do not mind if I correct you here. G5s have a altivec compatible engine - for full optimization some parameters may be different but they take advantage of altivec optimisation and put it even to a new level.

Best

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:23 am

what about keeping VSTs/VSTis and AUs while running as a rewire slave - any update on that front. It seems possible (Bidule/Melodyne).

Well, would be great - but a stable version (as Bidule is not that stable and Melodyne rahter unusable in rewire mode) is much more important.[/b]

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 2:00 pm

1. Resizable session view tracks?

2. Midi mappable delete button???

3. can we map external midi controls to clip envelope properties?

4. Can we record effect and clip automation in session/clip view in real-time, for continued looping?

Thanks,

Ryan

guest1200 · Post by **guest1200** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:22 pm

1. Will VST be available in Rewire slave mode?
2. Will there be support for Quicktime or Windows Media Video?
3. Any plans for surround support?

kabuki · Post by **kabuki** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:02 pm

Rumor: Live 4 will support multiple soundcards at once.

True or untrue?

Thanks

Kodama · Post by **Kodama** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 3:31 pm

Marcus/Bottom/Kabuki/CoWorker of Sophia

:

"Supports previewing and cuing via separate audio outs"

Sounds like they at least will support seperate interfaces for cuing...

I don't know about inputs, maybe since it supports Core Audio there may be a way to trick it with 3rd party utilities?

Prolly not...

kabuki · Post by **kabuki** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 3:47 pm

Kodama wrote:Marcus/Bottom/Kabuki/CoWorker of Sophia :

"Supports previewing and cuing via separate audio outs"

Sounds like they at least will support seperate interfaces for cuing...

I don't know about inputs, maybe since it supports Core Audio there may be a way to trick it with 3rd party utilities?

Prolly not...

It would be nice to be able to use the stock headphone jack on my PB for Cueing/Prelisten, and get 2 extra outs for the Master on my Indigo DJ.

So ABS, what's the dilly?

forge · Post by **forge** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 4:02 pm

kabuki wrote:
Kodama wrote:Marcus/Bottom/Kabuki/CoWorker of Sophia :

"Supports previewing and cuing via separate audio outs"

Sounds like they at least will support seperate interfaces for cuing...

I don't know about inputs, maybe since it supports Core Audio there may be a way to trick it with 3rd party utilities?

Prolly not...
It would be nice to be able to use the stock headphone jack on my PB for Cueing/Prelisten, and get 2 extra outs for the Master on my Indigo DJ.

So ABS, what's the dilly?

I'm 99.999999999% certain I saw that it's now supported - but I can't remember where

I remembered because way back on live 2 I asked if you could do it
and they said no - so this time around I made a note of it - just wish I could remember where

Mbazzy · Post by **Mbazzy** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 4:34 pm

As far as I know not one audio application can handle multiple soundcards of different types flawlessly 'cause you always will have big time sync issues and even if you solve it , it will be the lowest common denominator that will give you the [bad] latency ...

I've heard that with coreaudio multiple audiocards could be used , but I can't confirm this as I 'm no Mac user .

This issue has already been adressed a zillion time, and at several occasions people adressed the technical issues that make this a practically impossible task [though maybe only for WIndows users ] ... so doing a thorough search should open a lot of eyes.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 5:14 pm

ok, well maybe I bet on the wrong .00000001%

I was so sure - but then recreational drugs are definitely taking their toll on me

comfort station · Post by **comfort station** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 5:29 pm

Logic supports multiple sound cards at the same time.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:52 pm

1. will Live 4 support Dual screen views of the arranger mode and the session mode??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Porpy · Post by **Porpy** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:57 pm

Logic only supports multi-soundcards with different driver types

ie - one ASIO, one direct I/O etc

regards

Paul Binns

forge · Post by **forge** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 1:40 am

Porpy wrote:Logic only supports multi-soundcards with different driver types

ie - one ASIO, one direct I/O etc

regards

Paul Binns

that's probably all live needs to give it pre-listen - I'm sure you could get a good enough latency for pre-listening from direct sound or MME or whatever the mac version of slumming it is

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